Systemic Sclerosis Sera Impair Angiogenic Performance of Dermal Microvascular Endothelial Cells: Therapeutic Implications of Cyclophosphamide

• Annalisa Borghini ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Annalisa Borghini, Mirko Manetti

  Affiliation Department of Molecular and Developmental Medicine, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

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• Mirko Manetti ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Annalisa Borghini, Mirko Manetti

  * E-mail: mirkomanetti@yahoo.it

  Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Section of Anatomy and Histology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

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• Francesca Nacci,

  Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi (AOUC), University of Florence, Florence, Italy

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• Silvia Bellando-Randone,

  Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi (AOUC), University of Florence, Florence, Italy

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• Serena Guiducci,

  Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi (AOUC), University of Florence, Florence, Italy

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• Marco Matucci-Cerinic,

  Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi (AOUC), University of Florence, Florence, Italy

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• Lidia Ibba-Manneschi ,

  ¶‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Section of Anatomy and Histology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

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• Elisabetta Weber

  ¶‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Molecular and Developmental Medicine, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

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